John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich,
PC,
FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British
statesman who succeeded his grandfather,
Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the
Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten. During his life he held various military and political offices, including
Postmaster General,
First Lord of the Admiralty and
Secretary of State for the Northern Department, but is perhaps best known for the claim that he was the
eponymous inventor of the
sandwich.